Packets of shabu. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
LUCENA CITY – A suspected drug pusher was killed in an alleged shootout with lawmen in San Andres town in Quezon province early Wednesday, police said.
Police Officer 2 Ikee Genton, San Andres police... Read more

section of Maharlika Highway in Sariaya town in Quezon province due to a road widening project. —DELFIN T. MALLARI JR.
LUCENA CITY — Three road projects that will bypass the Maharlika Highway in three towns in Quezon province will reduce travel... Read more

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Suspect in Ecija mayor slay plot killed during interrogationof San Antonio town was killed during interrogation on Friday (Aug. 11).
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of San Antonio town was killed during interrogation on Friday (Aug. 11).
Alex Panganiban, a 42-year-old resident of Lucena City, grabbed the handgun of a police officer and was shot. He died from gunshot wounds at 2:55 p.m., said Insp. James... Read more

LUCENA CITY – A drug surrenderer was shot dead in Quezon province Thursday night, police said Friday.
Report from Quezon police headquarters said a 33-year-old namesake of actor Albert Martinez was gunned down while driving his tricycle along a... Read more

LUCENA CITY, Quezon – A drug surrenderer was shot dead while his son was wounded in an ambush in Sariaya town in Quezon province late Wednesday, police said Thursday.
Supt. Hermogenes Cabe, Sariaya police chief, said Donato Carandang Rico, 45 and... Read more

LUCENA CITY – One of the top drug suspects in Quezon province was shot dead while sleeping inside his house in Tayabas City shortly before midnight Saturday, police said.
A report from the Quezon police said Marlon Zafranco, 45, was killed by a... Read more

prisoners and remove the military from rural communities at a rally near Malacañang Palace in February.—MARIANNE BERMUDEZ
LUCENA CITY — Any order to arrest communist rebel leaders involved in the peace process would be premature and violates... Read more

of two suspected guns-for-hire near the municipal hall on Monday.
Ruelito Roxas, 51, and Alex Panganiban, 42, both from Lucena City, had been under surveillance over the weekend when an informant tipped off the police that the suspects were... Read more

belting out “Habang May Buhay” made the rounds in cyberspace.
“It was taken during the recital of my music school in Lucena City,” related Mau, who now works as a singer-comedian at the Sun and Sky Al Rigga Hotel in Dubai, United Arab... Read more

the Philippines, was a professor of President Rodrigo Duterte in college. (File photo from the Philippine Daily Inquirer)
LUCENA CITY — Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison has denied President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim... Read more

Cultural Wear segment might be remembered by those who watched the pageant live with the incident involving Miss Lucena City. Unfortunately for Shaina Louis Kim, she had a very bad fall as she was sashaying down a flight of stairs in her... Read more

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Pursuing a proud and beloved legacyfar-flung areas so that more people can have access to medical care.
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far-flung areas so that more people can have access to medical care.
Eventually what started as one hospital, St. Anne in Lucena City, Quezon, became a chain of medical institutions, via Greg Hospital in Sariaya and Jane County Hospital in... Read more

Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (Photo by KRISTINE ANGELI SABILLO / INQUIRER.net)
LUCENA CITY – With the collapse of the peace talks, the New People’s Army (NPA) have no choice but to intensify its attacks,... Read more

LUCENA CITY – A partylist group and a nongovernment organization
lamented the collapse of the peace talks between the government and
the communist rebels.
“War is not the answer to the prevailing social unrest that foments
armed resistance,”... Read more

LUCENA CITY –Self-exiled Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Saturday called on revolutionary forces to intensify armed rebellion following the collapse of the peace talks and President Duterte’s order to hunt and kill the... Read more

commuters as early as 4 a.m.
It was, however, a regular day for commuters and jeepney drivers in Tarlac, Rizal, Cavite and Lucena City in Quezon.
It was a usual day for the Hacienda Luisita Jeepney Drivers and Operators Association in Tarlac that... Read more

LUCENA CITY – A drug personality survived a second attempt on her life here early Monday, police said.
A police report said a gunman armed with caliber .38 revolver forcibly entered the house of Cyrelle Aranas-Escalona in Barangay (village)... Read more

LUCENA CITY – A lady drug pusher known to her regular clients as “Tita” (auntie) was arrested in this city shortly before midnightSaturday, police said Sunday.
Senior Supt. Rhoderick Armamento, Quezon police director, said anti-illegal drug... Read more

Benefit Ball of uniquely named The Original Ugat Lucena Association Inc. or Toulai, held at Queen Margaret Hotel, Domoit, Lucena City.
The ball featured an ’80s theme, aptly titled “U-GAT the Beat,” and was spearheaded by hardworking Toulai... Read more

DAY’S WORK A fisherman prepares his net for a fishing trip in Tayabas Bay in Quezon province.
LUCENA CITY—The fish sanctuaries in the bay fronting Lucena City and Pagbilao and Sariaya towns in Quezon province are showing life as sea turtles, manta... Read more